LAS VEGAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 3670 W. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas. HS Property NV LLC acquired the asset from NOR Oquendo Road LLC for $7.9 million. The 28,420-square-foot building features a high-image, 6,534-square-foot two-story HVAC office space with an elevator, 12 covered parking spaces (34 total), 3,000 amps, three-phase power and a 28-foot clear height. Tyler Ecklund of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
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LOUISVILLE AND SIMPSONVILLE, KY. — Aphorio Carter Critical Infrastructure Fund LLC has purchased two data centers in Louisville and Simpsonville for a combined purchase price of $35 million. The seller was not disclosed. Both properties span 102,500 square feet and are LEED Gold-certified. Additionally, both data centers were built in 2011 and are fully leased to the same tenant, an undisclosed Fortune 200 firm. The two properties also include 10,000 square feet of raised floor space, an additional 10,000 square feet of shell space for future expansion and 1 megawatt (MW) of critical power. The Louisville data center sits on 30 acres while the Simpsonville data center occupies 21 acres. LG&E provides energy services to the Louisville facility, while Kentucky Utilities services the Simpsonville property.
Merritt Properties Fully Leases Phase II of Imeson Landing Business Park in Jacksonville
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Merritt Properties has fully leased the second phase of Imeson Landing Business Park, an industrial park in Jacksonville that will span nearly 400,000 square feet upon completion. The first two phases of Imeson Landing house 24 tenants whose spaces range from 3,000 to 30,000 square feet in size. Merritt is planning to soon launch Phase III, which will add 120,000 square feet of new industrial space to the park along Zoo Parkway.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm M2G Ventures has acquired a 188,000-square-foot industrial complex in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. Known as Lewisville 121 by virtue of its location along State Highway 121, the property comprises six buildings on an 11-acre site. The buildings were constructed between 1991 and 2007 and feature 19- to 33-foot clear heights. M2G Ventures acquired Lewisville 121, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale, in partnership with Austin-based Evergen Equity. The new ownership will implement a value-add program and has tapped Stream Realty Partners as the leasing agent.
NASHUA, N.H. — STAG Industrial (NYSE: STG), a Boston-based REIT, has sold a 337,391-square-foot property in Nashua, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border, for $67 million. The sales price represents a cap rate of 4.9 percent. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-story building at 80 Northwest Blvd. was originally constructed on 23 acres in 1999. Building features include clear heights of 28 to 32 feet, a total of 33 loading docks, one drive-in door and 125-foot truck court depths. STAG Industrial acquired the property in 2014 for $11.7 million. The buyer was not disclosed.
LAS VEGAS — MDH Partners has purchased Sunrise Industrial Park One and Two, a Class A multi-tenant project in Las Vegas. The acquisition marks the company’s entry into the state of Nevada and the Las Vegas market. Terms of the transaction were not released. Totaling 509,216 square feet, the two-building asset is currently 78 percent leased to 10 tenants. Sunrise Industrial Park One and Two is located at 4601 E. Cheyenne and 3101 Marion Drive. Built in 1997, the buildings offer 24- to 30-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, ample dock-high loading and evaporative cooling. The properties offer flexible unit configurations ranging from 20,000 square feet to 89,000 square feet.
LOS ANGELES — NAI Capital Commercial has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 13030 Raymer St. in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Tiptop Restoration acquired the asset from 13030 Raymer LLC for $9.8 million. Tiptop will use the 30,000-square-foot property as its corporate headquarters, as well as warehouse, storage and distribution space. Built in 1996, the property underwent significant renovations in 2022. Renovations included remodeled office space, kitchen and restrooms, new paint and upgraded LED warehouse lighting. The asset offers dock-high and ground-level loading, 1,200 amps of power, a 17-foot warehouse clearance height, fire sprinklers and a fenced rear yard. Chad Gahr and David Young of NAI Capital Commercial represented the seller, while Daniel O’Neil and Parker Jones of Rancho Realty Group Corp. represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.
ELGIN, ILL. — David C. Cook, a 150-year-old nonprofit Christian ministry dedicated to equipping the global church with printed and digital resources, music and media, has leased 152,014 square feet of industrial space at 1700 Madeline Lane in Elgin. The space will serve as the main distribution center for the organization’s books and curricula divisions. David C. Cook, which got its start in the Chicagoland area and has had a presence in Elgin since the 1880s, is relocating within the submarket. The nonprofit is the anchor tenant in Seefried Industrial Properties’ recently completed speculative building, with 168,932 square feet available for lease. The property is strategically located along Chicago’s I-90 industrial corridor and features a clear height of 32 feet. John Hamilton of CBRE represented the tenant. Doug Pilcher and Jason West of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a joint venture between Seefried and a U.S.-based family office.
MINNEAPOLIS AND BALTIMORE — Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has acquired two industrial portfolios for a total of more than $335 million. Located in the Minneapolis and Baltimore markets, the portfolios feature a combined 2.7 million square feet across 27 properties. The 17-building Minneapolis portfolio totals 1.9 million square feet, and the Baltimore portfolio comprises 10 buildings with 881,000 square feet. The seller and specific addresses of the properties were not disclosed. “The Minneapolis and Baltimore portfolio acquisitions offer us a unique opportunity to scale our presence in two markets with highly diversified tenancies,” says Michael Moriarty, managing director and head of commercial acquisitions at Investcorp. “The properties making up each of these portfolios feature favorable characteristics, such as high average clear heights, ample loading docks, plentiful parking and convenient locations.” According to a press release issued by Investcorp, industrial market rent growth in Baltimore and Minneapolis has averaged 13.4 percent and 11.4 percent, respectively, over the past three years. Fortune 500 companies with a presence in Minneapolis include Target Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., 3M Co. and General Mills Inc. Baltimore hosts corporations including Optum Inc., JLL, Under Armour Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., among others. Founded in …
LANCASTER, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Midpoint Logistics Center, an approximately 1.6 million-square-foot industrial complex in Lancaster, a southern suburb of Dallas. Completed in 2023, Midpoint Logistics Center comprises two cross-dock distribution facilities with 38- to 40-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, LED lighting and ample trailer and vehicle parking. Midpoint Logistics Center was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to two global firms: logistics provider DSV Solutions and appliance manufacturer Electrolux Consumer Products. Trent Agnew, Tom Weber, Parker McCormack, Pauli Kerr, Matthew Barge and Brennan Fewin of JLL represented the seller, California-based Panattoni Development, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.